Fred W Boyd

Military
media-36751.jpeg UPL 36751 "Lt. Daniel A Shebeck and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Jersey Bounce". England, 27 July 1943."

Rear L-R: 2Lt Daniel A Shebeck, 2Lt Dwight M Curo, 2Lt Paul W. Campbell, 2Lt Charles W. Spencer
Front L-R: S/Sgt Frank F Perez, T/Sgt Mark E Tudor, T/Sgt Frank G Krajacic, S/Sgt Joseph Gross, S/Sgt Fred W Boyd, S/Sgt George W Buck

Object Number - UPL 36751 - "Lt. Daniel A Shebeck and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Jersey Bounce". England, 27 July...

B-17F #42-3192 was shot down by fighters enroute to target Gilz-Rijen A/F, Holland on 19 Aug 1943. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 284 

Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: City of Albuquerque
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Spartanburg, SC 4 September 1921 Son of Arthur Warren and Hattie Inez [Holcombe] Boyd.

Enlisted

Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC 5 October 1942

Other

Baled out POW

19 August 1943 Shot down by fighters enroute to target Gilz-Rijen A/F, Holland on 19 Aug 1943. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 284

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 19 August 1943 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Died

Greenville, SC 29 January 1969

Based

Molesworth 19 August 1943 Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg, SC Greenlawn Memorial Gardens Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&tf=F&q=Fr…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster, MACR 0284, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol 1Pg 251

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